Abstract
A 59-year-old woman with breast cancer who had undergone chemotherapy, three surgical
interventions at the thoracic spine, and radiation since 2012, suffered from progressive
ataxia caused by a single relapse metastasis resulting in spinal stenosis at thoracic
level 6. Therefore, excessive tumour debulking was performed at thoracic levels 4
to 7 and a fully covered, self-expandable stent was placed around the spinal cord
at these levels in order to create a mechanical barrier and to prevent the spinal
cord from compression by the tumour. Neuromonitoring was performed before, during,
and after surgical procedure. Clinically and electrophysiologically, ataxia appeared
improved after intervention. Radiologically, no tumour growth was found at thoracic
levels 4 to 7 after the intervention.
Key words
spinal metastasis - vertebral metastasis - intraspinal tumour growth - intraspinal
stent
